What happens when you kill a hundred innocent civilians?
Well said...Lebanon, Lebanon,
John Le Carre
Open Democracy
August 29, 2006
So answer me this one, please. If you kill a hundred innocent civilians and one terrorist, are you winning or losing the war on terror? "Ah", you may reply, "but that one terrorist could kill two hundred people, a thousand, more!" But then comes another question: if, by killing a hundred innocent people, you are creating five new terrorists in the future, and a popular base clamouring to give them aid and comfort, have you achieved a net gain for future generations of your countrymen, or created the enemy you deserve?
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posted by J. @ 12:56 PM
1 Comments:
yea and what's the difference between the 'you' who killed 100 innocents and the 'terrorist' you killed?
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